One more update. lower details in render and disabled light shading, try it again please
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Okay, now we're getting somewhere. When just moving around it tops out around 12; which is still slow, but I move fast enough now where I can actually move around and do stuff. When there were two enemies on screen and I was firing at them it dipped to about 5. I also found a tree. The sensitivity on the crank needs to be dialed down a lot too.